Experimental NFS client patches for Linux 2.4.15 / 2.4.16

linux-2.4.15-seekdir.dif:

An experimental patch for fixing a problem that is due to NFSv(2|3) readdir returning (32|64) bit unsigned offsets.

If you are seeing problems involving files that mysteriously disappear from your directory listings, then please consider applying this patch.

NOTE: You might still have to set the '32bitclients' export option on some IRIX servers due to a remaining bug in glibc-2.2.

linux-2.4.15-pathconf.dif:

A patch that ensures we don't exceed the maximum file name length on an NFSv3 partition.

linux-2.4.15-cto.dif:

A very experimental patch --initially by Chuck Lever, but now heavily changed by me-- which improves the NFS clients ability to cache lookups. This can make quite a difference to the performance of "make" and other such utilities.

linux-2.4.15-rdplus.dif:

Implements the NFSv3 READDIRPLUS function that allows further file lookup caching improvements

This patch assumes you have already applied the preceeding close-to-open fixes in linux-2.4.15-cto.dif

linux-2.4.15-ping.dif:

The RPC ping code for improving stability on UDP.

linux-2.4.15-write.dif:

A patch containing a few more optimizations for the NFS write code.

linux-2.4.15-rpc_bkl.dif:

A patch that removes the need for the Big Kernel Lock within the RPC code.

This patch assumes that you have already applied linux-2.4.15-write.dif

linux-2.4.15-jukebox.dif:

A patch to handle the NFSERR_JUKEBOX error. Not really sure about this one...

linux-2.4.15-NFS_ALL.dif:

A patch containing all of the above

linux-2.4.16-fattr.dif:

A patch to fix a race when we receive updated file attribute information from the server.

linux-2.4.16-odirect.dif:

A patch by Chuck Lever that implements experimental support for direct I/O over NFS. See the Configure.help file for further info.

Note: you should really consider applying linux-2.4.15-pathconf.dif together with this patch. This will allow you to align your O_DIRECT writes on the server's hardware block boundaries rather than being forced to align on the NFS client block boundaries.

linux-2.4.16-NFS_ALL.dif:

A patch containing all of the above

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	Name	Last modified	Size	Description
	Parent Directory		-
	linux-2.4.15-NFS_ALL..>	2001-11-22 20:05	76K
	linux-2.4.15-cto.dif	2002-01-11 00:57	13K
	linux-2.4.15-jukebox..>	2001-11-06 23:25	3.9K
	linux-2.4.15-pathcon..>	2001-11-22 20:00	16K
	linux-2.4.15-ping.dif	2001-09-08 15:33	19K
	linux-2.4.15-rdplus.dif	2001-10-21 14:55	14K
	linux-2.4.15-rpc_bkl..>	2001-11-01 12:45	13K
	linux-2.4.15-seekdir..>	2001-08-15 12:19	3.2K
	linux-2.4.15-write.dif	2001-11-22 17:31	3.8K
	linux-2.4.16-NFS_ALL..>	2002-02-01 11:04	104K
	linux-2.4.16-fattr.dif	2001-12-20 00:05	9.6K
	linux-2.4.16-odirect..>	2002-02-20 16:46	20K